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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Morgan Lee

New Mexico jury convicts former officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

Ex Officer Trial Verdict - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

A former police officer was found guilty Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station.

Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford's verdict in a jury trial is the latest outcome in cases that prosecutors have linked to systematic brutality against Black people by members of law enforcement, nearly five years after the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a white police officer in Minneapolis.

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